Promotion guideUnderstanding the tracks•Librarian – tenure and non-tenure tracks•Clinicians and Researchers - tenure and two non-tenure tracks

– Tenure track• Investigator clinician educator (ICE) or Investigator educator (IE);

Titles are Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor– Non tenure tracks • Clinician investigator educator (CIE)/Research educator (RE)

• Titles are Assistant Professor (Clinical) or Assistant Professor (Research), Associate Professor (Clinical) or Associate Professor (Research), Professor (Clinical) or Professor (Research)

• Clinical/Research track• Titles are Clinical Assistant Professor or Research Assistant

Professor, Clinical Associate Professor or Research Associate Professor, Clinical Professor or Research Professor

Understanding full-time and part-time faculty appointments and full-time and part-time

employment designations

• Defined as full-time faculty appointment track • Is unrelated to your employment designation • Employment designation depends on the number of hours you

work a week – full time employment is defined as 35 hours per week

• A full time faculty appointment may have a full-time or a part-time employment designation

• Your benefits depend on your employment designation not your faculty appointment track

• i.e., Assistant Professor (Clinical), appointment track is Clinician Investigator Educator (FULL TIME APPOINTMENT TRACK), works a minimum 35 hours/week, employment designation is FULL TIME

• i.e., Assistant Professor (Clinical), appointment track is Clinician Investigator Educator (FULL TIME APPOINTMENT TRACK), works three days a week, employment designation is PART TIME

Tenure tracks

• Tenure track – – Investigator clinician educator (ICE)– Investigator educator (IE)

Criteria for Promotion and Tenure (Tenure Track) National and International recognition

National and International recognition

Sustained and substantial funding from national peer-reviewed funding

agencies (NIH, NSF, government and private sector)

Sustained and substantial funding from national peer-reviewed funding

agencies (NIH, NSF, government and private sector)

TeachingTeaching ServiceService

• Invitations to lecture at national and international meetings

• Leadership role in planning sessions for scientific meetings

• Membership on editorial boards of prominent journals

• Membership on research peer review and scientific and professional advisory committees

• Receipt of honors for scientific and scholarly achievements

• Development of a upward trajectory with renewal of NIH funding

• Publication of major peer-reviewed papers – first and last author

• Extraordinary distinction as educators

• Attraction of productive graduate students and postdoctoral fellows

• Artman II requirements

Hospital and school committees

InnovatorsBreakthrough in technology or education

InnovatorsBreakthrough in technology or education

Necessary:Necessary:• National and international reputationNational and international reputation• Sustained NIH funding as the PI, including but not limited to Sustained NIH funding as the PI, including but not limited to

renewals of grants renewals of grants

Additional considerations: Additional considerations: • Federal grants (non-NIH) and non federal grantsFederal grants (non-NIH) and non federal grants• Peer reviewed publications (especially 1st or last-author Peer reviewed publications (especially 1st or last-author

publications)publications)• Innovative technologiesInnovative technologies• Non-peer reviewed publicationsNon-peer reviewed publications• Book chaptersBook chapters• AbstractsAbstracts• PresentationsPresentations

Tenure Decisions

TENURE STATISTICST9 – T5 (FIRST FIVE YEARS OF PROBATION)

•The data show that for the period T9 to T5, there are no statistically significant differences between those candidates awarded tenure and those candidates denied tenure for any of the metrics studied.

T5 – T0 (FIVE YEARS LEADING UP TO TENURE REVIEW)

•The data also show that for the period T5 to T, there are statistically significant differences between those candidates awarded tenure and those candidates denied tenure for all of the metrics studied.

Mean ± SD Median Mean ± SD Median P ValueNew NIH R01 Dollars $253,111 ± $392,971 $160,122 New NIH R01 Dollars $124,741 ± $170,890 $0 0.2567Other New NIH Dollars $86,616 ± $291,360 $0 Other New NIH Dollars $0 ± $0 $0 0.1421New Non NIH Dollars $335,671 ± $421,909 $216,743 New Non NIH Dollars $559,460 ± $469,365 $814,428 0.3642Grand Total, Dollars $675,398 ± $587,857 $561,994 Grand Total, Dollars $684,202 ± $551,134 $814,428 0.9753

Basic Science Candidates Reviewed Award Dollars - T-9 to T-5Award Dollars - T-9 to T-5

APPROVED (N=26) DENIED (N=5)

Basic Science Candidates Reviewed

Mean ± SD Median Mean ± SD Median P ValueNew NIH R01 Dollars $481,480 ± $536,971 $344,838 New NIH R01 Dollars $140,202 ± $192,504 $0 0.0217Other New NIH Dollars $589,734 ± $782,890 $381,972 Other New NIH Dollars $48,000 ± $107,331 $0 0.0022New Non NIH Dollars $623,100 ± $1,052,277 $417,500 New Non NIH Dollars $120,944 ± $111,693 $180,000 0.0254

Grand Total, Dollars $1,694,315 ± $1,983,045 $1,346,872 Grand Total, Dollars $309,146 ± $130,618 $240,000 0.00160

Grand Total, Dollars $ 2,099,684 ± $ 1,062,442 $ 1,941,967 Grand Total, Dollars $ 993,348 ± $ 520,719 $ 1,185,027 0.0055

Award Dollars - T-5 to T

Basic Science Candidates Reviewed

APPROVED (N=26) DENIED (N=5)

Award Dollars - T-5 to T

Basic Science Candidates Reviewed

Non tenure tracksClarification of Appointment Tracks

• Clinician Investigator / Educator Track, a full-time non-tenure track for those faculty members in clinical departments whose primary career is in the provision of clinical care and who devote a substantial portion of their efforts to teaching, research, and service.

• Research / Educator Track, a full-time non-tenure track for those faculty members in any department whose primary career is in research, but who devote a portion of their efforts to education and service.

• Clinical Track, a non-tenure track for those faculty members in clinical departments whose primary career is in the provision of clinical care and who devote some time to teaching, research and/or service.

• Research Track, a non-tenure track for those faculty involved in part-time or time-limited research in other's laboratories and who devote limited time to teaching and service

Faculty on this track should have substantial contributions to academic mission of the school. Scholarly activities, which include excellence in teaching and program leadership, may not require national reputation.

Promotion may be achieved for excellence in education, clinical care, research collaboration and administration

Three year contracts

Clinical Investigator Educator/Research Educator tracks

Changes to our promotion policies – Subcommittee of C21 (2009) to focus specifically on faculty recognition and development and to propose criteria to ensure promotion of full-time non-tenured faculty engaged in the educational enterprise. Page 5 http://webdoc.nyumc.org/nyumc_d6/files/faculty/Policies_and_Procedures_for_Appt_Promotion_and_Tenure_Feb-1-2013-FINAL.pdf

A central tenet of the recommendations is that scholarly contributions to the academic mission are not always captured by the criteria traditionally applied by institutional promotions committees. In particular, as proposed by Levinson and Rubinstein, “excellence in education represents a valued academic endeavor, and will be sufficient for promotion even in the absence of publications and national reputation” (Levinson, W., Rubenstein A., New England Journal of Medicine Vol 341, No 11: 840-843, September 9, 1999). Scholarship in an academic medical center must be considered in a broader context than that of peer reviewed publications, grants or national reputation.

The subcommittee’s recommendations note that promotion on the existing non-tenure Clinician Investigator/ Educator Scholar or Research/Educator Scholar tracks should not be defined by publications alone, but should include criteria that capture educational excellence and other significant contributions to the academic missions. The committee recommended that promotion on these tracks should be reserved for individuals who distinguish themselves as teachers, mentors, program leaders and scientific collaborators.

Criteria for Promotion (Non Tenure Track)

Excellence in academic translational

research (50/50)

Excellence in academic translational

research (50/50)

Excellence in Teaching

(Educators)

Excellence in Teaching

(Educators)

Excellence in Clinical Care(Clinicians)

Excellence in Clinical Care(Clinicians)

Excellence in Service

Excellence in Service

• Contributing investigator in scientific or educational research that aids in grant funding for the institution with publication of major peer-reviewed papers

• Invitations to lecture at national and international meetings

• Grants reviewer or membership on editorial boards

• Supervision of research trainees

• Teaching portfolio• Exceptional

mentorship and training of students

• Teaching awards• Leadership in

medical student or resident programs

• Development of innovative curriculum

• Election to distinguished medical societies

• Leadership in professional societies

• Invitations to lecture at national and international meetings

• Development of new clinical treatments or concepts

• Contributions to education administration

• Distinguished service as program, course or clinical service director

• Service on hospital or school committees

ClinicianAcademic achievement including scholarship and teachingFocus on Clinical activities Reputation as a clinical expertLeadership roles related to area of clinical expertiseDevelopment of new clinical treatments or conceptsDidactic teaching with learner evaluationsScholarship to include peer-reviewed clinical publications related to clinical care, safety, quality, patient protocol/guideline developmentElection to distinguished medical societies with leadership rolesLeadership in professional societiesInvitations to lecture at national and international meetingsServes as ad-hoc reviewer or editorial board member for clinical journalsServes on hospital and school committees related to clinical expertise

EducatorFocus on educational activities Educators take a scholarly approach to teaching including development of new curricula, assessment models or innovative teaching programs. This may or may not be reflected by peer-reviewed publications but evaluations are needed for determination of quality and quantity of teaching

Development of educational curriculum including new curricula, web based modules, simulation, assessment tools, educational policy Didactic teaching with learner evaluations to demonstrate effectiveness of teaching programsMentorship including number of mentees, publications and evaluations from menteesAdministrative roles with evaluations of programsInvitations to speak about educationFunding to conduct educational researchTeaching and/or mentoring awards

Such evidence, which should be documented in an academic portfolio, could include distinguished leadership of a medical school course, residency or fellowship program. The individual should demonstrate of a high level of commitment to the teaching mission above and beyond what is expected from the average faculty member.

ResearcherFocus on research Serving as a collaborating investigator that aids in obtaining or renewing grant funding for the institutionGrants reviewer at the national or regional level Facilitating enrollment of patients in clinical trialsProviding tissue specimens for biorepositoriesProviding clinical input and direction for applications of basic science researchOversight of a research coreEvidence of scholarly activity through peer reviewed publications of results of observations Member of editorial board or peer reviewer for scientific journalsInvited lecturer or visiting professorshipInvited presenter at national or regional meetingsMember of national consensus panel or consultant to externally funded not-for-profit organizationRole in planning sessions of professional scientific societiesContributing to the supervision of translational and clinical research traineesDistinguished service as a program or course director related to researchService on hospital or school committees  

Non tenure tracksClarification of Appointment Tracks

• Clinical Track, a part-time non-tenure track for those faculty members in clinical departments whose primary career is in the provision of clinical care and who devote some time to teaching, research and/or service.

• Research Track, a part-time non-tenure track for those faculty involved in part-time or time-limited research in other's laboratories and who devote limited time to teaching and service

Promotion on basis of excellence in clinical service

Fulfills roles in clinical service, education and research that are critical to the mission of the medical center but academic scholarship and publications of peer-reviewed papers are limited

For research track, usually has no independent funding, works in the laboratory of another PI

Clinical /Research tracks